Taubaté have won their place in the semi-finals and will face the Super Cup finalists.
On Thursday (3) at 10am, Taubaté and Tokyo took to the court at the Taubaté Arena in a match valid for the final round of the Mundialito de Clubes Soccer Society. The team from São Paulo beat La Coruña yesterday and were looking for their second win in the world competition, while the Japanese team lost to Flamengo and needed to win to get their first three points in the tournament.
In the fourth minute, Tokyo's Danilo made a fine individual run and shot hard from the edge of the area, the ball soaring over the Taubaté crossbar. Two minutes later, Tokyo's Michael received a pass on the left edge of the box and fired a right-footed shot that flew into goalkeeper Carlos' right-hand corner and into the net.
In the eighth minute, after a corner kick, Salomão of the Japanese team went up alone and headed the ball in. The ball went into the left corner of Taubaté goalkeeper Carlos and hit the left post and rolled over the line and the Burrro Central goalkeeper recovered and made the save. In the 12th minute, after a corner, Nicolas from Taubaté shot and the Tokyo defense cleared it off the line.
In the 20th minute, Tokyo's Lucas received Carlos from Taubaté and cleared off the line. In the 22nd minute, Guaru took a free-kick and played it to Flavio, who shot first time with his right foot and saw the ball go into the right corner of Tokyo goalkeeper Lucas to give Taubaté a 1-0 lead.
One minute in, Taubaté's Vagner curled a fierce free-kick into the right-hand corner of Tokyo goalkeeper Tadashi, who got down and put the ball out for a corner. In the 5th minute, Guaru picked up the pace on the left flank and shot low, the ball going into the right corner of Tokyo goalkeeper Tadashi, who made a good save.
A minute later, Flavio received the ball on the right flank and shot low across goal, the ball going into the right corner of Japanese goalkeeper Tadashi, who made a good save with his foot.
In the ninth minute, Tokyo's N9 received a pass inside the area and shot hard, the ball went into the middle of the goal and hit the Taubaté crossbar, on the rebound the same N9 shot again and the defense cleared it off the line. In the 12th minute, Taubaté's Alan received a pass on the edge of the box and crossed the ball into the area. Leonardo was unmarked and just pushed the ball into the back of the net to put Taubaté 3-0 up.
In the 18th minute, Taubaté's Alan made a fine individual run down the right flank, cut in to his left leg and shot wide. The ball went into Tokyo goalkeeper Tadashi's left-hand corner and into the Japanese side's net, making the score 4-0.
